Icon class icon_class fas fa-quote-left icon_class_computed fas fa-quote-left Related content Optics: real images vs virtual images and focus points Source Wikipedia Copyright information Text from Wikipedia and Wiktionary web pages quoted for educational purposes is subject to the Wikipedia Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike Licence Snippet kind INFO Keywords optics focal point virtual image convex mirror Previous snippet Full quote Top: The formation of a virtual image using a diverging lens. Bottom: The formation of a virtual image using a convex mirror. In both diagrams, f is the focal point, O is the object and I is the image, shown in grey. Solid blue lines indicate light rays. It can be seen that the light rays appear to emanate from the virtual image but do not actually exist at the position of the virtual image. Thus an image cannot be seen by placing a screen at the position of the virtual image URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_image Next snippet Image Image: Author Krishnavedala Image: Copyright licence Creative Commons CC0 1.0 Universal Public Domain Dedication Image: Source URL https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Virtual_image.svg Related snippets Top: The formation of a real image using a convex lens. Bottom: The formation of a real image using a concave mirror. In both diagrams, f is the focal point, O is the object, and I is the image. Related snippets (backlinks) Visit also Visit also (backlinks) Flags
